Window-swinging device.



No. 857,103. PATENTED JUNE l8 1907.

G. H. PARKER.

WINDOW SWINGING DEVICE. APPLIOATION rmzn FEB. 2, 1906 Fig 4,-

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY PARKER, OF ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN WALLACE BAKER, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

WINDOW-SWINGING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application filed February 2, 1906. Serial No- 299,105.

To all whom it nmq concern:

Be it'known that I, GEORGE HENRY PAR- KER, residing at Arlington, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Swinging Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to window attachments and has for one of its objects to provide a device for affording a pivotal support whereby a window sash or other like object may be swung from its frame for washing, reglazing, or for other purposes.

Another object thereof is to provide a detachable hinge device adapted to effect a temporary pivotal connection between a sliding sash and its frame such that the sash may easily clear the back-stop when the same is swung inward from the frame. Other objects will be in part obvious and in partpointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the device hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein are illustrated several of various possible embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing an application thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a pair of piv otally connected plates comprising a detachable hinge. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the pivotally connected plates showing the means for locking the hinge to the frame. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a socket adapted to be secured to the frame. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a slightly different embodiment of my invention.)

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In order that the objects sought to be attained by my invention may be more clearly understood, it may be noted that my invention deals with means for effecting a temporary hinged connection between a sliding sash and the frame thereof, whereby the sash may bo -swung inward from the frame to enable the glass to be cleaned, or for other purposes, without having to remove the same bodily. Owing to the relatively small space provided between the front and back-stops of the frame between which the sliding sash is guided, difficulty has been encountered by reason of the side rail of the sash coming in contact with the back-stop when the same is swung inward from the frame. In eliminating this difficulty, I have found it desirable to provide a hinge device comprising a pair of pivotally connected plates wherein the point of pivotal connection thereof is located forwardly of a fixed support for the hinge that is secured to the frame, enabling the sash to swing upon the arc of a larger circumference and thus more readily clear the back-stop. I have also provided means adapted to lock the detachable hinge to the sash-supporting means fixed upon the frame when the parts are in operative position and before the sash is swung inwardly therefrom. I attain the above and other ends in constructions of the nature of that hereinafter described.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the lower sash of an ordinary window mounted to slide in frame 2, said sash being guided between the front and rear stops 3 and 4 respectively. Secured to front stop 3 by suitable means, as screws 5, is a hollow socket 6 provided with substantially keyholeshaped slots 7 and S in the outer wall thereof. Driven into the side rail 9 of sash 1 near the lower end thereof is a headed screw 10, said screw being driven in the sash to such distance as to provide a space between said sash and the inner surface of the head. There is indicated at 11 a portable hinge comprised by plates 12 and 18 respectively, plate 13 being pivoted at 14 to a forward extension 15 of plate 12. Plate 12 is provided with a pair of headed pins or projections 16, the heads thereof being of such size as to readily enter the eyes of key-hole slots 7 and 8 of socket 6, and the shaft of said headed projections is of such size as readily to enter and slide along the narrow portions of said key-hole slots.

Formed integral with plate 13 is an upright, angularly disposed, bifurcated plate 17, the limbs 18 of which are adapted to engage screw 10 of sash 1, as shown in Fig. 1. Extending from plate 13 is a projection 19 which is adapted to extend through an opening 20 in plate 12 and to enter key-hole slot 8 when hinge 11 is mounted upon the window, as shown in Fig. 1, thus locking the same against movement when the hinge is in position to form an operative pivotal connection between the sash and the frame before said sash is swung inwardly therefrom.

The operation of the above embodiment of my invention should be largely obvious from the above description. When it is desired to swing the sash inwardly to permit of washing the glass, or for other purposes, the headed projections 16 of plate 12 are inserted in the eyes of key-hole slots 7 and 8, and the plate is then slid downwardly, the heads of said projections taking along the inner surface of the outer wall of socket 6, thus firmly securing the hinge to the socket. Sash 1 is then slightly raised and upright plate 17 swung against the same, and when the sash is slid downwardly, screw 10 will automatically enter tetwcen the bifurcated members or limbs of plate 17 when the hinged connection between the sash andthe frame is effected. When the several parts are so positioned, projection 19 of plate 13 extending through plate 12 into key-hole slot 8 looks the hinge 11 to socket'6, and if the sash 1 be again raised, the connection be tween the hinge and socket will not be disturbed. By reins the front stop upon the opposite side o e frame; the sash may be swung inwardly, it ceing understood, of course, that similar hinged connection between the and the frame is provided near the upper portion thereof.

By mounting sockets similar to socket 6 upon the parting strip between the upper and lower sashes of the window and by driving supporting screws similar to screw 10 in the upper and lower portions of the side rail of the upper sash, this sash, as well as the lower sash, may he swung inwardly. In this connection, it may he noter that the sockets attached to the parting strip maybe disposed horizontal y to those upon the front stop, thus allowing both sashes to swing inwardly in the same plane.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. I have provided a block 21 furnished with headed screws to engage with a socket similar to socket 6 affixed to the frame. This block has pivoted thereto at 22 a plate 23 having a longitudinally-extending undercut ridge or kerf 24. adapted to lie secured in a socket 25 which is secured to the sash. The exact positions in which the supporting members are secured to the frame and sash are immaterial so long as their relative positions are such as to permit of their desired operation.

It will accordingly be seen that I have provided a device having but few and easily duplicated parts, whereby a sliding sashl may readily be swung to any desired position with respect to its frame. The device is readily detachable and yet such as to form a "substantial hinged support for the sash. The arrangement of the socket between the pivotal point of the plates comprising the detachable hinge provides for the swinging of the sash upon an arc of a larger circumference and thus insures the inner edge of the same clearing the hack-stop. Another advantage inherent in my construction resides in the fact that, the hinges being detachable from the sash and the frame, but one set thereof is required for an indefinite number of *indows.

In this specification and in the claims, I have used the word sash in a broad sense to denote any slidahle member adapted to close an opening in a wall.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my inven' tion could he made w hout departing from the scope thereof, I intend that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as i lustrative and not in a limiting sense. I desire it also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the inven tion which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, a plate adapted to engage said first mentioned fixed means, and a second plate hinged to a forward extension of said first plate adapted to engage said second-mentioned means and provided with means whereby said second plate is adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said first-mentioned fixed means.

2. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon the slidable member, means fixed upon the stationary member, a hinge comprising a plate adapted slidably to engage the means upon the fixed member, and a plate pivoted to a forward extension of said first plate provided with means automatically to engage the fixed means upon said slidable member, said last-mentioned plate being also provided with means passing through said first-mentioned plate to engage the means fixed upon said stationary member when each of said plates are engaged with their respective means.

3. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, a plate adapted to engage said first fixed means, a second plate hinged to a forward extension of the first plate and provided with an upright member adapted to engage said second-mentioned means, and means whereby said second plate is adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said first-mentioned fixed means.

4. In combination, a sash, a frame, a mem ber fixed upon said sash, a member fixed upon said frame, a plate constructed to engage the member fixed upon said frame, and a plate hinged to a forward extension of the first plate constructed to engage the member fixed upon said sash and to lock said firstmentioned plate in engagement with the member fixed upon said frame when both of said plates are in engagement with their respective fixed members.

5. In combination, a sash, a frame, a member fixed upon said sash, a member fixed upon said frame, a plate provided with a forwardly-extending part constructed to engage the member fixed upon said frame, and a plate hinged to the forwardly-extending part of the first plate constructed to engage the member fixed upon said sash and having a projection adapted to lock said first-mentioned plate in engagement with the member upon said frame when said last-mentioned plate is engaged with the member fixed upon said sash.

6. In window construction, in combination, a frame, a slidable sash mounted to swing from said frame, a member fixed upon said sash, a member fixed upon said frame, and a hinge adapted detachably to engage the member fixed upon the frame and the member fixed upon the sash, said hinge being provided with means whereby it is looked to the member fixed upon the frame before the sash is swung from the frame.

7. In combination, a frame, a sash adapted to slide in said frame and to be swung therefrom, a pair of pivotally mounted plates ada ted to form a hinged connection between the rame and the sash, and means carried by one of said plates for locking the other thereof to the frame before said sash is swung therefrom.

8. In combination, a frame, a sash mounted to slide in said frame and to be swung with reference thereto, a pair of pivotally mounted plates for effecting a detachable hinged connection between said sash and said frame, and a projection upon one of said plates which extends through the other thereof to lock said plates to said frame before the sash is swung from the frame.

9. In combination, a fixed member, a slidable member adapted to be swung from the fixed. member, a socket fixed upon one of said members, a post fixed upon the other thereof, a pair of pivotally mounted plates, one of which is adapted detachably to engage said socket and the other detachably to engage said post, and means for locking said plates against movement when the above-mentioned engagement has been effected and be fore the slidable member is swung from the fixed member.

10. In window construction, in combination, a frame, a sash slidably mounted in said frame, a post upon said sash, a socket upon said frame, a plate rovided with means adapted to engage said socket and having a forward extension, a second plate pivoted to said forward extension and adapted automatically to engage said post, and a projection upon said second plate extending through an opening in said first plate to engage said socket when said plates are lying flatwise against each other.

1.1. In a window construction, in combination, a frame, a slidable sash adapted to be swung from said frame, a socket fixed upon the frame, a post fixed upon the sash, a plate having means adapted to make a slip connection with said socket, and a plate having near one edge means for forming a slip connection with the post on the sash and at its other edge having means for making a pivotal connection with the other plate, said socket being located between the point of pivotal connection of said plates and the point of slip connection of the second mentioned plate with the post upon the sash.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY PARKER.

\Vitnesses:

C. H. WILsON, H. M. SEAMANS. 

